Easter Island Moai


Moai, are monolithic human figures that were carved between 1250 and 1500 on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), in eastern Polynesia, by the Rapa Nui people. Although hundreds were moved from Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, and placed on stone platforms known as ahu around the island’s perimeter, over half remain at Rano Raraku.